The Massachusetts 54th colored infantry [videorecording] / a Reel Deal Productions film for American Experience ; produced and directed by Jacqueline Shearer ; telescript by Jacqueline Shearer and Leslie Lee ; story by Jacqueline Shearer.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman. Originally broadcast in 1991. Special features: access to the American Experience Web site.
Summary:
Chronicles the formation and battlefield heroics of the first all-black Union regiment, the Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry. Highlights of this documentary include archival daguerreotypes, tintypes, lithographs, and commentary by various historians.
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